Andy Grove Quotes
With all due respect to Microsoft and Intel, there is no substitute for being in the right place at the right time.
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I didn't know much about golf growing up.
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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I started out doing musicals.
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Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.
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The world is a global economy. I thought, 'It's a bummer we don't have a unifying currency.' Then I saw Bitcoin had already had a crash and had the resistance to recover. The community was strong enough to push it through again. That's really exciting.
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You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.
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I feel lucky to be getting older. The fact that I made it to 30 and then 40 was big enough. So I can't get too down on getting older; otherwise, it kind of undoes everything I've fought for.
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I've never set out to seduce my reader. I don't see him at all clearly.
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We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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I almost bought a DeLorean the other day just because. If I see something that I think is cool and I like it, I'll go for it.
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Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.
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Be the chief but never the lord.
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If the man who turnips cries,Cry not when his father dies,'Tis a proof that he had ratherHave a turnip than his father.
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Music is about people for me. It's not about sounds. It's about people; it's about putting people into challenging situations. And for me, challenges are opportunities.
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A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.
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We are people in circumstances who make choices that we think are right at the time.
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With all due respect to Microsoft and Intel, there is no substitute for being in the right place at the right time.
